History
Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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(K)eine GrenzeFragt man nach der Rolle des Privaten im Nationalsozialismus, werden meist zwei Thesen aufgeführt: Das Privatleben im Dritten Reich wurde politisiert, andererseits hat ein Rückzug in private Nischen stattgefunden. Unabhängig davon wurde dem zeitgenössischen Verständnis bislang nur wenig Aufmerksamkeit zuteil. Diese Studie rekonstruiert unterschiedliche...
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An American in Europe at War and PeaceAn American in Europe at War and Peace offers a rare personal record of Hugh Gibson, a top American diplomat, during the last months of World War I and the first months of peace. The Chronicles give unique insights on events in Europe and...
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Andrea Palladio's Architecture, in Four Books Containing a Dissertation on the Five Orders & ye Most Necessary Observations Relating to all Kinds of BThe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...
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First Generation American Jews: Zeyta And Her ChildrenA young woman leaves her small shtetl in Russia and travels alone to Chicago. She marries and raises six Jewish children in Gary, Indiana through the Great Depression and World War II. The interviews in this book are of Zeyta, that young emigree, at...
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The Catholic Treasure Chest Comic Book Treasury of the Mass, Sacraments, and Church TeachingsThis volume of selections from Catholic publisher George Pflaum's Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact comic book series offers a lively glimpse into mid-20th century Catholic devotional, educational, and liturgical life, focusing on the parts of the (pre-Vatican II) Mass, the Sacraments, and Catholic...
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William L. Bulkley, 1861-1933: African American Educator and ReformerWilliam L. Bulkley was one of the important educators and reformers of the early 20th Century and it is time to incorporate him into the American story.He was born to free, mixed-race parents in South Carolina just as the Civil War began. He graduated...
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The Burning of Knockcroghery Village, Co. Roscommon, 1921Author: Regina DonlonPublisher: Four Courts PressPublished: 03/24/2023Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781801510301
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Vintage Journal Alaska Travel PosterThe Vintage Found Image Press Pocket Journal, Alaska Travel Poster, features an illustrated travel poster promoting tourism to Alaska. It depicts a large red totem pole, trees, mountains, water, and a small town in the distance. This journal has full color decorative vintage art...
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Vintage Journal Five Indigenous Alaskan Children Sitting on BarrelsThe Vintage Found Image Press Pocket Journal, Five Indigenous Alaskan Children Sitting on Barrels, features a hand-tinted photograph of five Indigenous Alaskan children sitting on barrels in front of an umiak and drying fish. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the...
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Vintage Journal Ozark RegionThe Vintage Pocket Journal Ozark Region features an illustration of Pivot Rock from Eureka Springs, Ark. At the top, ""Pivot Rock, in the beautiful Ozark region"" is written. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion...
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John Ruskin: Selected WritingsThis volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of John Ruskin (1819-1900). The edition represents Ruskin's extraordinary literary output, ranging from lectures, essays, and treatises to reviews, correspondence, and critical notes. Ruskin has been...
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Peasant Wars in Bolivia: Making, Thinking, and Living the Revolution in Cochabamba, 1952-64Peasant Wars in Bolivia reveals the active political role played by the Cochabamba valley peasants during the 1952-64 revolutionary period in Bolivia from a non-state perspective. Based on contemporary research in social, political, and cultural issues in Latin America it blends sociological and anthropological...
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L'Asia Di MezzoLe repubbliche islamiche ex sovietiche poste proprio in mezzo all'Asia, occupano un territorio ricchissimo di materie prime, un "continente" grande quasi quanto l'Unione Europea, ma con una popolazione complessiva di quattro quinti inferiore, appena 83 milioni di abitanti. Sono accomunate dall'essere di religione islamica...
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Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public MonumentsAn urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? Which ones should stay up...
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The British Home Front Pocket-BookIn June 1940, following the BEF's scrambled evacuation from Dunkirk, the Second World War was brought home to Britain. As the Luftwaffe initiated their bombing campaigns and the threat of invasion grew daily, civilians were urged to play their part in the war effort,...
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The Cannons of Bull: McGill/HARP Reach for the SkyThe Cannons of Bull: McGill/HARP Reach for the SkyBy: Dr. Raymond E. March and Dr. Donald L. MordellThe Cannons of Bull recounts in a fascinating, insider fashion the remarkable story of the McGill High-Altitude Research Project. Also known as HARP. An exciting endeavor to...
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Corvette C 2: 1963 the Model Year That Launched the Corvette into History!Corvette C 2 tells the story about the creation of the 1963 Model Corvette that has become the icon of the Corvette line. This model Corvette was released and manufactured in record time, about two years. This book provides the reader with much of...
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Argonauts of the Western PacificBronislaw Malinowski's pathbreaking Argonauts of the Western Pacific is at once a detailed account of exchange in the Melanesian islands and a manifesto of a modernist anthropology. Malinowski argued that the goal of which the ethnographer should never lose sight is 'to grasp the...
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Norse Mythology: Learn About Viking History, Myths and Legends (A Comprehensive and Fascinating Guide Into Viking Life)Tales are often told marking the vikings as no more than simple horn-helmeted explorers, infamous to abuse, pillage and plunder all that stood in their way. However, many of us lack to see the parallels aligned with modern culture, and the influences our viking...
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Militia State: The Rise of Al-Hashd Al- Shaabi and the Eclipse of the Iraqi Nation StateThis is the story of how the Iraqi state has been steadily stripped of its sovereignty, identity, and the trappings of statehood by predatory militias, aided and abetted by the Iranian regime. This is the story of the journey from nation-statehood, to militia-statehood. This...
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